Automobile awning



Sept. 21 1926., 1,609,??0

J. w. BERMES AUTOMOBILE AWNING Filed Sept. 17. 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS n u i rs r etented 2i,

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Application filed September My invention relates to improvements in awnings torautornobiles, especially for closed cars, such as coups or sedans and'the like, and it consists in. the combinations, eonstructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an awning which is inconspicuous when not in use, but which may be lowered instantly to any desired distance, and which when lowered will serve as a shield for the sun, or may serve as a means for preventing rain, snow or sleet from entering a window which is opened.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described, which is comparatively simple inconstruction, has few parts, and is not liable to easily get out of order.

ligure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2,

showing the device in' its opened position, I

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Figure 4 is'la detailed view of a portion of' the device. i

My improvedhwning may be applied to cars of any type. In Figure 1, I have shown the front door 1 of a closed car 2 as having awintlow This may be raised or lowered hyany suitable mechanism (not shown).

On opposite sides of the widow 3, I provide brackets, such as those shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4. These consist of a base portion 4 having a pair of spaced-apart ears 5. Arranged to enter between the ears 5 are the circular ends 6 of a U-shaped rod 7. A pivot bolt 8 is provided with athumb nut 9, which when tightened up, will hold the rod 7 in any position.v

A curtain 10 is provided, one end of the curtain being secured to the central portion of the ll-shsped rod 7, and the other end hemg wrapped around a spring actuated roller 1 1925. we K lo. since.

insane 11. This roller iscarried h brackets 12 in a recess 13' inthe frame oft e bore.

In order to permit the 56d 7 to fold closely to the frame so as to be as inconspicuous as possible, I provide grooves 14in which the rods may he when not in use.

From the foregoing description of the va-'.

rious parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. Normally the parts have the position shown in Figure 2. In this position it will be seen that the rod 7, as well as the roller, are partially hidden by the grooves 1 1- in the recess 13. When it is desired to lower the awning, all that is necessary to do is to take hold of the tape or ring 15 and pull on it outwardly. The

curtain will unroll from the spring roller 11, and the awning may be lowered to the position shown in Figure 3. Here it will serve to shield the window from the sun, or to prevent rain from entering the window.

At times it may be desirable only to lower the awning for a portion of its length, as for instance, to the point indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3. The construction permits this, since by tightening the nut 9, the rod 7 and hence the curtain 10 may be held in any position desired. Thus an automobile may be left with the window partially open for ventilation, and yet the provision of the partially lowered awning will prevent rain I from driving in. l y

-lVhen it is desired to shade the Window entirely, the awning is swung outwardly and then inwardly against, the side of the door, thus covering the entire window. This may be done with one"motion. The rod 7 will then lie below its pivotal point and a ainst the side of the vehicle. It will be note that I provide a spring roller. Any ordinary form of spring roller, which will permit the rewinding of the curtain thereon when the rods are moved upwardly, will serve the purpose of the invent-ion.

While I. have indicated my preferred construction as being thait in which the roller and the rods are partially concealed in the autornobile door frame, it; will be understood that the invention, in its broader aspects, wouldcontemplate the device of the kind which is on the outer frame of the dooror window, one in which the curtain could be pulled down partially or completly by swinging the U-shaped rod to which the curtain is attached by its pivots.

It will. be noted that the nut 9 may be tightened so as to hold'the rods frictionally in any position in which they may be swung, so that it is not necessary to tighten the clamp every time the awning is lowered or moved to an angular position. The frictional grip of the bearing support, however, may be adJusted by means of the nut,or the device may-be actually'and positively locked in any of its shifted positiOns, as desired.

While I have spoken of the U-shaped rod as being the preferred form of the device, it is obvious that the outer end of the curtain might be fastened to the ends of individual rods, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It Will be apparent that the use of this invention interferes in no Way with the or dinary operation of the cars, such as the opening andvclosing of the doors and windows.

I claim:

1.. The combination with the glazed door of an automobile, of a bracket secured to the door frame on each side of the glazed opening, said frame having grooves extending upwardly from said bracket, and a horizontal recess joining said grooves at their tops,

scoured to the body on each side of the glazed opening, said body having grooves e;- iending: upwardly from said bracket. a horizontal recess joining said grooves at their tops, a U-shaped rod normally disposed in said grooves and said horizontal recess, the

ends of said rod being), curved forwardly and being pivotally mounted on said bracket, a spring-actuated roller disposed in said horizontal recess, a curtain wound on said spring-actuated roller and having one end secured to the central portion of said U shaped rod, and frictional clamping means carried by said bracket for holding: said rod in different angular positions with respect to the glazed o'penin 

